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THE FIRST BOOK OF<br/>
<span class=large>SAMUEL</span><br/> OTHERWISE CALLED<br/> THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS
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CHAPTER 12
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Samuel testifies of his own just dealings in Israel—He reproves the people for their ingratitude—He exhorts them to keep the commandments, lest the Lord consume them and their king.
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And</span> Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.
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And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and gray-headed; and, behold, my sons <i>are</i> with you: and I have <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/12/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mosiah 2: 12 (9-41).">walked</a> before you from my childhood unto this day.
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Behold, here I <i>am:</i> witness against me before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken?  or whose ass have I taken?  or whom have I <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/12/3a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Fraud.">defrauded</a>?  whom have I oppressed?  or of whose hand have I received <i>any</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="1_sam/12/3b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Bribery.">bribe</a> to blind mine eyes therewith?  and I will restore it you.
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And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand.
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And he said unto them, The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <i>is</i> witness against you, and his anointed <i>is</i> witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand.  And they answered, <i>He is</i> witness.
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&#182; And Samuel said unto the people, <i>It is</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> that <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/12/6a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB made; i.e. established or appointed.">advanced</a> Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
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Now therefore stand still, that I may <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/12/7a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Teachable.">reason</a> with you before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of all the righteous acts of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, which he did to you and to your fathers.
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When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/12/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 2: 23.">cried</a> unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, then the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.
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And when they forgat the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
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And they cried unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
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And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> sent <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/12/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Judg. 6: 32 (14, 32).">Jerubbaal</a>, and Bedan, and <sup>b</sup><a href="1_sam/12/11b" mark="b" type="A" title="Judg. 11: 1 (1-11).">Jephthah</a>, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.
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And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> your God <i>was</i> your <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/12/12a" mark="a" type="C" title="Hosea 13: 10 (4-11); D&C 38: 21; TG Governments.">king</a>.
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Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, <i>and</i> whom ye have desired!  and, behold, the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> hath set a king over you.
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If ye will fear the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/12/14a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Rebellion.">rebel</a> against the commandment of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> your God:
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But if ye will not <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/12/15a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Disobedience.">obey</a> the voice of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, but rebel against the commandment of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, then shall the <sup>b</sup><a href="1_sam/12/15b" mark="b" type="A" title="Mosiah 7: 29.">hand</a> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> be against you, as <i>it was</i> against your fathers.
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&#182; Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> will do before your eyes.
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<i>Is it</i> not wheat harvest to day?  I will call unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness <i>is</i> great, which ye have done in the sight of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, in asking you a <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/12/17a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Kings, Earthly.">king</a>.
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So Samuel called unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; and the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> and Samuel.
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And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins <i>this </i>evil, to ask us a king.
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&#182; And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/12/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 32: 30.">turn</a> not aside from following the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, but serve the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> with all your heart;
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And turn ye not aside: for <i>then should ye go </i>after vain <i>things,</i> which cannot <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/12/21a" mark="a" type="A" title="Eccl. 1: 3 (2-3); Matt. 16: 26.">profit</a> nor deliver; for they <i>are</i> vain.
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For the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> will not forsake his people for his great <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/12/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 23: 3; 1 Jn. 2: 12; 1 Ne. 20: 9.">name</a>’s sake: because it hath pleased the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> to make you his people.
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Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/12/23a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 8: 36 (33-36); John 14: 6.">way</a>:
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Only <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/12/24a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Reverence.">fear</a> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and <sup>b</sup><a href="1_sam/12/24b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Commitment.">serve</a> him in truth with all your heart: for <sup>c</sup><a href="1_sam/12/24c" mark="c" type="A" title="Mosiah 2: 20 (20-21).">consider</a> how great <i>things</i> he hath done for you.
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But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
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